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2 de maig 2018

There has been a particularly serious case of political persecution of Catalan teachers, for allegedly singling out the children of Spanish policemen attending the school, following the 1 October police brutality during the referendum on independence.
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1. Some #Spanish policemen claim some #SantAndreuDeLaBarca schoolteachers singled out their kids after #1Oct brutality.
2. Education inspectors report says no schoolteachers singled out policemen's kids after #1Oct brutality.
3. Their report is locked away in some drawer.
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4. #Spanish public prosecutors sue teachers for "hate behaviour".
5. A contender to become #Spain's next prime minister tweets names and photos of all these teachers.
6. Next morning their names are plastered across the walls of the school.
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Is this just a smoke screen to divert attention from #Spanish policemen involved in several controversial court cases (#Alsasua and ##LaManada) and from Justice Minister's airing doubts about one of judges' personal capacity?

Today I met a friend that I hadn't seen for several months. She is from St. Andreu [de la Barca] and her son studies at the infamous El Palau secondary school. She herself studied at this same institute. She is, in fact, a member of the Parents' Association. I transmit to you what you have explained to me.
1) The day after the October 1st [referendum] there was a serene debate in the school (as happened in all schools in Catalonia) on the subject [of police brutality].2) In the following days, NO parent went to the head teacher (or other teachers) of the school to mention any kind of incident.

3) Months later, all of a sudden, a few parents went straight to certain TV stations and from then on the commotion was enormous.4) From then on, journalists from certain channels idled close to the Palau school doors unashamedly. It became hard to do teach classes normally.5) The teachers are shatterd. They live in fear of not being able to say absolutely anything. Some of them have seen their photographs on television, in newspapers and on Twitter as if they were terrorists. Threats have been painted on the school walls. Did they really deserve this, @albert_rivera [head of the Ciudadanos party]?

What has shaken me the most is that now, some of the complainants' children, in class, go so far as to "threaten" their teacher: "Be careful what you say, you might end up in gaol."C Kids aged 15 with the power to subjugate their teacher.

They talk about division: There have been [Spanish police] barracks In St. Andreu for decades. There had been no problems in this regard at El Palau school. In fact, St. Andreu is markedly unionist! On 21D almost 60% voted for C's or PSC!

The hopeful sign: These parents (many of them C's and PSC voters), affected by so much manipulation, have organized themselves to defend our educational model. Others' hatred only generates rejection. Another seed that is sprouting in favour of the Republic.